search words

This is a discussion on search words within the C++ Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; Here is the code:
Code:
/*
void FindWord() // find a word from puzzle
{
std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator iter_start = wordlist.begin();
std::vector<std::string>::iterator ...

I am trying to find a word from the puzzle by comparing each character at a time. What is the better way for comparing each character and see if the word is found in the puzzle? The puzzle contains many characters.